MEDIA INDIGENA 187
Added 2019-11-29 05:30:51 +0000 UTCON THIS WEEK'S INDIGENOUS ROUNDTABLE:
Bringing blood home. Over a half-century after their removal, a large cluster of blood samples from Indigenous islanders in Australia have been returned to whence they came. The result of direct negotiations with the affected community, the move has been held up as historic for the country. But if Australia’s on the bleeding edge of repatriation, what about the rest of the world? From skin to saliva, blood to bones, do we even know how much Indigenous material has been banked across the globe? Meanwhile, should we really put repatriation under the banner of 'reconciliation'?
Joining host/producer Rick Harp to take the pulse of these and other questions are University of Alberta associate professor of Native Studies Kim TallBear, as well as Candis Callison, Associate Professor at UBC's Graduate School of Journalism.
LINKS REFERENCED / CONSULTED THIS EPISODE:
- 200 blood samples to be repatriated to remote Arnhem Land community for burial: ABC News
- Indigenous blood samples return to Galiwin'ku after 50 years in medical storage: NITV
- Vial episode over after precious blood comes home to Elcho Island: Sydney Morning Herald
- Can the ‘immortal cells’ of Henrietta Lacks sue for their own rights?: Washington Post
- Repatriation: bringing home the manggu samples: National Centre for Indigenous Genomics
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